Just a year after taking the spoils at Erin Hills in 2017 Brooks Koepka was once again collecting the largest pay cheque in major championship history.
The American became the first player to win the US Open back-to-back since Curtis Strange and took home a mouth watering $2.16 million (£1.64 m) but what did the rest of the field earn from the huge $12m (£9.12 m) prize purse?
Here’s a breakdown of the 2018 US Open prize money.
2018 US Open prize money breakdown
Winner: Brooks Koepka, $2.16 million (£1.64m)
2nd: Tommy Fleetwood, $1.29m (£984,960)
3rd: Dustin Johnson, $812,927 (£617,824)
4th: Patrick Reed, $569,884 (£416,015)
5th: Tony Finau, $474,659 (£346,501)
T6th: Xander Schauffele, Henrik Stenson, Daniel Berger $361,923 (£264,204)
T10th: Webb Simpson, Justin Rose $270,151 (£197,210)
T12th: Russell Knox, Matt Fitzpatrick, Zach Johnson $221,825 (£161,932)
15th: Kiradech Aphibarnrat, $190,328 (£138,939)
T16th: Hideki Matsuyama, Louis Oosthuizen, Haotong Li, Paul Casey $163,435 (£119,308)
T20th: Rickie Fowler, Steve Stricker, Charley Hoffman, Dylan Meyer, Brian Gay $122,387 (£89,343)
T25th: Jason Dufner, Aaron Baddeley, Matthieu Pavon, Alex Noren, Charles Howell, Russell Henley, Francesco Molinari, Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau, Ian Poulter, Branden Grace $79,200 (£57,816)
T36th: Brian Harman, Bill Haas, Pat Perez, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Gary Woodland $54,054 (£39,459)
T41st: Patrick Rodgers, Sam Burns, Jhonattan Vegas, Ryan Fox $43,028 (£31,410)
T45th: Patrick Cantlay, Marc Leishman, Scott Piercy, $34,716 (£25,343)
T48th: Phil Mickelson, Ross Fisher, Tim Wilkinson, Peter Uihlein, Brandt Snedeker $27,952 (£20,405), Jim Furyk, $27,952 (£20,405)
T56th: Tyler Duncan, Mickey DeMorat, Jimmy Walker, Dean Burmester, Chris Naegel $25,426 (£18,561)
61st: Calum Hill, $24,692 (£18,025)
62nd: Andrew Johnston, $24,448 (£17,847)
63rd: Brendan Steele, $24,203 (£17,668)
64th: Cameron Wilson, $23,959 (£17,490)
65th: Kevin Chappell, $23,714 (£17,311)
67th: Byeong Hun An, $23,470 (£17,133)
Amateurs in the field who made the cut:
T48th: Luis Gagne, Matt Parziale $0
66th: Will Grimmer $0